There were many branches within the Dragon Race itself: the Azure Dragon, the Nine Nether Underworld Dragon, the Deep Sea Ink Jade Dragon, the Black Dragon, and more.
Though they were all dragons, relations between different branches were not particularly close.
Only when facing a crisis of life and death would dragons of different branches join forces.
Under ordinary circumstances, uniting the many branches of true dragons required the emergence of a Dragon Race king.
That king of the Dragon Race was the Azure Dragon. The first Azure Dragon had been Yinglong's grandson and the first true dragon of the Dragon Race.
Though Yinglong and the Dragon Race's second ancestor, the Heavenly Dragon, were also called dragons,
their appearances and abilities differed greatly from those of modern dragons, and they were closer to the Spirit Race.
Without the Azure Dragon unifying the Dragon Race, dragons of different branches were strangers to one another.
Yet within the same branch, dragons remained extremely united.
The Golden Dragon he had slain earlier was also one of the Dragon Race's powerful branches.
Since the Golden Dragon had died by his hand, the Golden Dragon lineage would surely be at odds with him until death.
The other dragons might secretly be laughing inside,
but for the Dragon Race's honor, they had no choice but to lend a hand.
The dignified voice laughed. "Fellow Daoist worries too much. Though the Golden Dragon lineage is a powerful branch of the Dragon Race, there are very few Golden Dragons in Northern Dragon Abyss.
"When Absolute Heaven Abyss formed back then, the overwhelming majority of dragons fled south.
"Each branch left behind only a small number of clansmen to guard Northern Dragon Abyss.
"After Absolute Heaven Abyss cut off the north and south, only one passage filled with spatial